Chapter 126
Bai Tu thought that Lang Qi hadn’t been angry for quite a while. The last time his mood changed so much was when he wanted to keep the orcs from the Flower Bear Tribe.
However, other people generally couldn’t tell that Lang Qisheng was not angry. At first glance, he looked almost the same as when they first met. In short, he had no expression. When he was happy, he was just a little gentler than usual. Except for the wolves who dared to approach him fearlessly, orcs of other races would try to be as quiet as possible, for fear of making him unhappy.
But after getting along with him, you will find that Lang Qi is actually not that scary, at least Bai Tu thinks so.
The change in Lang Qigao’s unhappiness was very slight, so slight that it was impossible to tell unless one stared at him. It’s just that after being together for a long time, I can immediately feel the slightest changes. For example, now, I am obviously not happy enough.
It’s okay to ignore his emotions now. Even if he is unhappy, Lang Qi can still do everything well.
But Bai Tu couldn’t bear to see him unhappy. After thinking for a while, he couldn’t think of anything worth being unhappy about today, so he simply asked the cubs after they had rested.
The cubs are here, and there are arrangements to go to the market, so Lang Qi needs to take time out to return to the wolf clan occasionally. The time they have been alone together is limited recently. Bai Tu rubbed Lang Qi’s face: “Are you angry again today?” Although it was a question, he already had the answer in his heart.
Lang Qi shook his head: “I’m not angry.”
It would be strange if Bai Tu believed his insincere answer, so he leaned closer and asked in a low voice: “Are you really not angry?”
“No.” Although he said no, only he knew what he was thinking in his heart.
“You’re lying again.” Bai Tu saw through it at a glance, moved a little, and
kissed the corner of his mouth, “Tell me what’s wrong.” Having a partner who is hard to guess is not easy. Bai Tu suddenly envied Hei Xiao a little. Hei Yan was noisy, but he would say anything immediately, unlike Lang Qi who kept everything in his heart.
He is steady, but too steady. He should pay attention to his mood all the time. Now he has discovered it. What if he hadn’t discovered it some other time? Wouldn’t he have suffered in vain?
Seeing that his attention was not on him, Lang Qi asked, “What are you thinking about?”
“Thinking about Hei Yan–” Bai Tu stopped talking halfway, but it was too late. Hearing that he was thinking about Hei Yan in front of him, Lang Qi’s face turned cold instantly. If the anger value was 1 just now, he would have to add a zero to it now.
“No, I miss my brother and Hei Yan.” Bai Tu quickly made amends.
It’s unknown whether Lang Qi Xin received the letter or not, but his expression didn’t change at all. He asked, “What do you want to do with them?”
Bai Tu breathed a sigh of relief. It was better to speak than not to speak. As long as there was a response, there would be a chance to save the situation. He must not say what he really thought, otherwise he would face a partner with an anger value of hundreds in a minute. Wolves have good endurance, and Bai Tu didn’t feel sorry for the bed but for his waist.
“Yan will probably come over. My brother definitely won’t be able to go this time. He can’t take Fei with him even if he wants to…” Bai Tu suddenly thought of something. Lang Qi’s mood changed when he said he wanted to keep the live cattle. Although it seemed strange at the time, he was outside after all and had other things to do, so he didn’t have time to ask and has been waiting until now.
The two were not familiar with each other when they went to the market for the first time, so he walked there, and the last time he went, he didn’t even step on the ground from the time he went there to the time he came back.
Bai Tu looked at Lang Qi and finally understood why this man was unhappy. He smiled and hugged him: “Can you carry me on your back when the time comes?”
“Don’t you have a cow?” Lang Qi asked. Bai Tu praised the cow countless times in the afternoon.
“Isn’t that convincing everyone? How can others agree if you don’t point out the advantages of using cows to transport goods?” Bai Tu explained to him.
Even if he is well aware of the benefits of using oxen to transport goods, others do not know this. If he wants to persuade others to listen to him, he must of course come up with a suitable reason.
One of the more important points is to save manpower. At that time, the number of people going can be half less than originally planned. It is enough to protect the properties. Moreover, the cows only eat grass along the way, so there is no need to carry more food because there are many people on the road. You must know that food on the road is a major expense every year when exchanging goods. Sometimes the food is more than the meat needed to exchange salt.
Not to mention that if they have to carry everything by themselves, many jobs in the tribe will have to stop. There are many prey raised, so the impact of the hunting team stopping is secondary. The main work will be the patrol team and the work of blacksmithing, brick making, construction, etc. Now the tribe wants to speed up and build as many houses as possible, because all of these have to stop during the rainy season.
If we select hundreds of people to go to the market as before, many work teams will have to withdraw people, and either the work progress will slow down or the remaining people will have to work overtime.
Both of these are things Bai Tu doesn’t want to see. Using cows to replace part of the manpower can perfectly solve these problems.
Driving cattle is not without its disadvantages. The most obvious one is that the cattle are slow. This is why Bai Tu tries his best to find advantages. If the advantages of the cattle cannot make up for the disadvantage of slow speed, he will not agree even if others don’t say it.
These are all issues that need to be discussed, and of course the pros and cons must be made clear. He not only talked about the advantages, but also told the disadvantages truthfully. However, Lang Qi obviously didn’t listen much to the disadvantages and only wanted to know how he praised himself.
Bai Tu’s explanation made Lang Qi feel a little more comfortable. The most important thing was that this person was in his arms now. Lang Qi hugged Bai Tu: “Wolves can transport things when they turn into beasts.” In human form, due to the limitation of body size, the number of items that can be carried is limited, but in beast form, items can be placed on the back and on both sides of the body. As long as they are tied firmly, there is no problem at all.
“That won’t work.” Bai Tu immediately shook his head. He knew of course that wolves could transform into beast form to transport supplies, but the beast form consumed more food. What a human form eats in a day, the beast form can eat in one meal. The gap between the two is not small.
Moreover, it is not very safe to let all the wolves transform into beast form. Orcs are more likely to let themselves go in beast form. It is normal for some to run fast and some to run slow. It would be a disaster if someone got away from the team while running, because where would we find him in the mountains and plains?
Lang Qi thought about it and agreed with Bai Tu’s idea, so the plan to transform the wolf tribe into beasts was shelved.
We were prepared to use cattle to replace part of the manpower, and accordingly we had to go to the market a few days earlier. The journey that previously took seven or eight days to complete now took about ten days. However, even so, a lot of food was saved.
Another thing that needs to be considered is which cows to take with you. You know, those calves captured before last winter have grown quite big now. Although they can’t be compared with adult cows, they are enough to help transport supplies.
Originally, those stones and bricks could have been sent to the transport team, but Bai Tu was thinking of taking them to the market and letting them rest for more than half a month.
A cow can carry more than 200 kilograms of food. Because the cow’s back is relatively wide, the tribe needs to urgently make a batch of oversized backpacks.
The previous backpacks were for orc-humanoids. Even for the stronger wolves, they could only carry more than 150 kilograms of raw meat. The backpacks of the slightly weaker rabbits were even smaller.
The weight of the same volume of dried meat and other food is only one-third to one-half of that of raw meat. No matter how big the backpack is, it is difficult to carry it. This is why many people are needed to exchange supplies every year. One person can only carry so little supplies, and no matter how strong he is, it will all be wasted. You can carry more in animal form, but the extra food may not be enough for food on the road.
Now this problem has been solved. Each cow can be loaded fully, and the orcs are much more relaxed than before, and some of them don’t even need to carry anything.
As a result, everyone’s main task became protecting the supplies. After all, the cattle and their bodies were property and could easily be targeted by other tribes.
There is another advantage of putting things on the cow’s back. If there is danger, everyone can fight with all their might.
Originally, some people did not agree with Bai Tu’s proposal, thinking that they had been using human-shaped carriers for so many years and it would be unsafe to suddenly change the method. However, the more they prepared, the more they felt that using cows was more convenient. I couldn’t help but feel fortunate that when Bai Tu first proposed the idea, everyone saw how fierce Lang Qi was and didn’t dare to raise too many objections.
Bai Tu only realized when the tribe was about to set out that it was Lang Qi who had contributed to his success in persuading everyone to use cows.
Lang Qi’s expression that day was quite fierce, but the real reason was different from what other people understood. Others thought that Lang Qi was angry because everyone opposed Bai Tu’s proposal, but only the two of them knew the real reason.
As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. Moreover, this is the third time that everyone has prepared various processed items to go to the market to exchange for supplies. Many things can be arranged by the team leaders without Bai Tu’s instructions.
Bai Tu found that his recent tasks were much easier than before. He didn’t need to mention some repetitive content himself, as the team leader knew what to do.
For example, when it came to blacksmithing, the tribe didn’t have enough sickles when they were harvesting wheat, so the blacksmith team worked overtime to make a batch of them. After that, Bai Hui planned to arrange for everyone to make some shovels and hoes when they were free, so as to facilitate digging up ripe crops before and after the rainy season.
However, even though they are team leaders, there are some things they cannot do as they please. After all, iron is one of the important raw materials in the tribe. Even if it is for the tribe, they have to inform Bai Tu before using it.
On the one hand, it is to better count the amount of remaining iron. If he is not told, there will be a lot of iron left on the books, but it has actually been used up, which will affect subsequent arrangements. On the other hand, Bai Tu can confirm it again after listening and consider whether this matter is worth doing, so as to avoid wasting resources in the tribe.
Bai Tu was very surprised after hearing Bai Hui’s words, but he was even more relieved. After all, he had to break things down and explain them to them before, but now it was obviously starting to bear fruit. Bai Hui had already thought of things that he had not thought of.
When Bai Hui heard Bai Tu praising him, he smiled shyly: “I can’t rely on you for everything.”
“It’s good to have such an idea.” Bai Tu patted the other’s shoulder and encouraged, “Remember to bring up similar ideas in the future, and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. No matter how many ideas you come up with, as long as one is useful, it’s worth it.”
A person’s energy is limited, and the tribe is no longer like before with only hunting and eating to do. The large team is divided into five or six, not to mention that each team has smaller branches. Even if he is busy all day long, it is impossible for him to sort out all the work in the tribe.
No matter how much he knows, he cannot take every aspect into consideration. There are always some unexpected things. This is when a team leader like Bai Hui comes into play.
Bai Tu was worried that some people might have some ideas but no one would dare to speak out since no one proposed them, so he simply came up with a suggestion program.
Just like distributing various materials, if an orc has a good idea, he will tell the captain directly. The team leaders will come to him, and he will integrate them. He will then discuss with Bai An and others to consider whether they are appropriate.
Perhaps it was the first time he encountered such a thing, or perhaps all the proposals that were too outrageous were rejected by the team leader. Until the team set off for the market, Bai Tu did not receive any valid proposal.
It was a bit of a pity, but going to the market was more important, so the team arrived a few days earlier. Originally, only their two tribes and the Leopard Tribe would go together, but they didn’t expect that after hearing the news, Shi Su and others came early to discuss and wanted to set off with them.
With so many people, even if each tribe’s food is packed separately, it will still be safer than walking alone. What’s more, Shi Su and others were willing to set off early according to their plan, so Bai Tu naturally had no reason to refuse.
It was normal for the Yellow Lion Tribe and the White Lion Tribe to travel with them. After all, these tribes set out at about the same time as now. What was unexpected was that the Hualu Tribe also chose to go with them. You know, the Hualu Tribe usually sets out a few days later than other tribes. Logically, they should set out six or seven days later.
Walking for six or seven more days means six or seven more days of food. It is really surprising that the Hualu Tribe would rather consume more food than stay with them.
Lu Hui knew they would be confused, so she took the initiative to explain the reason why they chose to go together this time: “There is less food in the tribe this year, and other places should also lack prey, so it is more likely to encounter orcs who snatch prey.”
In previous years, no matter how much prey there was outside, most tribes had no shortage of food. But this year, even with Bai Tu’s help, they were not living as well as before.
With so much less prey, everyone can already imagine the scene outside. They are all orcs who rely on their own efforts. They will choose to reduce the amount of food for each meal and go to a farther place to try their luck.
There are also some orcs who cannot feed themselves, so they would think of invading other tribes and robbing other tribes’ territories and food. The annual market is a time for these people to rob frantically. Generally speaking, the more prey there is in a year, the fewer orcs will steal the food.
Lu Hui is quite smart and figured out this principle very early on, so she chose to follow the wolf and rabbit tribes, especially now that two more lion tribes have been added, so she has to follow them even more.
Because cattle were used this year, the teams of the three tribes were not as long as in winter. As a result, with the addition of orcs from the three tribes, the number of people doubled.
Bai Tu finally took count of the number of people. The total number of people in the six tribes reached 300, and all of them were the strongest and most powerful orcs in the tribe. With such a team, it would not be difficult for them to attack other tribes, let alone exchange supplies at the market.
With more people, we feel safer, but there are some things that need to be emphasized before we set off. Just like in previous times, Bai An told everyone what they needed to pay attention to early in the morning on the day of departure.
Almost all members of the Snow Rabbit Tribe and the Blood Wolf Tribe are very familiar with these things, but it is the first time for the Lion Tribe and the Deer Tribe to set out from here. After all, they took the initiative to ask to follow the Rabbit Tribe. Even though their fighting power is stronger than that of the Rabbit Tribe, they still listen very carefully.
Soon the two tribes in front also realized that what Bai An was explaining this time was somewhat different from before.
Of course it is different. The new precautions were finalized overnight by Bai Tu, Bai An and others. After all, there are so many people, and it is the first time that they are composed of so many different tribes. Before, when they were with the wolf tribe, the leaders were Bai An and Lang Qi. If there was any problem, they could just find their own leader.
The orcs of the wolf clan were either very lively or very calm. The orcs of the rabbit clan had just overcome the effects of hunger at that time, and their tribe was relatively weak, so they would not take the initiative to provoke the wolf clan orcs. Therefore, there was no conflict from the beginning.
But now, there are six tribes, big and small, together. Even though the Snow Rabbit Tribe is helpful to the other tribes, the relationship between the tribes is rather ordinary. For example, the territories of the Deer Tribe and the Lion Tribe are not connected, so they rarely have the chance to meet each other. Even if they gather together now, they haven’t communicated much.
They haven’t set out yet. The orcs are all in their own tribes. The tribes are all gathered together, so of course there will be no conflicts.
But once they start traveling, some people in the team walk fast while others walk slowly. Plus, they need to fetch water and eat, so when there are so many people, friction is likely to occur. Similar conflicts often arise among orcs from the same tribe, not to mention orcs from different tribes.
The weather is hot and everyone’s temper is bad, so a small conflict can easily escalate into a group fight.
They are all young and energetic orcs. If a fight breaks out, injuries are inevitable. Everyone gathers together for safety, not to fight and get hurt, so it is better to say some things in advance.
In order to prevent fights over disagreements, Bai An said something very serious: once orcs from different tribes start fighting, both tribes must withdraw from the team regardless of whether anyone is injured or not.
The orcs from several tribes did not expect Bai An to say such harsh words. You know, going to the market together is beneficial to both parties. Once a fight breaks out, we have to go our separate ways? How could such a small thing affect the tribe?
Some orcs who usually liked to quarrel with others were shocked. This was said before departure. What if they hadn’t said it and got into a fight with others on the way? Wouldn’t that force the tribe to go alone?
When these people were frightened, their fellow tribesmen nearby had already surrounded the people without any prior agreement. We are all from the same tribe and have lived together for so many years. We all know each other’s temper and know who will make such a mistake, so we just surround the person in the middle. If you don’t come into contact with people from other tribes, there will definitely be no conflicts.
This is exactly the effect Bai Tu wanted. After Bai An finished speaking, several tribes had already started to pay attention to it, and he emphasized it to several leaders. In addition to avoiding conflicts within the team, everyone also needs to help each other along the way. If someone attacks the rear of the team and the orcs at the head of the team don’t care, then there is no need for the team to stay together at all.
Therefore, everyone should realize that the entire team is one, and no matter which race the orcs outside attack or rob food from, everyone should be on guard together.
There were a lot of people, so they started gathering at midnight and didn’t set out until dawn. Before Bai An set off, there was almost no friction on the road on the first day. Even if there was a small conflict, it was resolved after being explained clearly without causing any bigger conflict.
Unexpectedly, I met an acquaintance from the bear tribe on the road the next day.
This bear tribe naturally does not refer to the flower bear tribe, but the white bear tribe.
The White Bear Tribe is not far from several tribes, but they don’t like to communicate with other tribes. Moreover, the bear tribe will eat a full meal before winter comes and then go into hibernation.
The hibernation time will be adjusted according to the temperature. If the winter is long, their hibernation time will be extended accordingly. This year’s winter lasted about three months, and the orcs of the White Bear Tribe also slept for three months.
The spotted deer tribe and several lion tribes were running short of food in late winter, but the white bear tribe did not have this worry, so they did not contact the wolf tribe or the rabbit tribe.
After winter, the bear tribe relies on catching prey in the territory to replenish the fat lost during hibernation. However, there is less prey this year, and unlike previous years, they did not recover their normal weight before the rainy season. Now the white bear orcs look thinner.
The people of the White Bear Tribe did not expect to meet orcs from other tribes on the road. After all, in previous years, everyone set out at different times, and the remaining tribes should have set out a few days later than them.
They set out early. Generally, when other tribes set out, they had already walked nearly one-third of the distance. Due to the long distance, even if the tribes behind them were fast, they would not meet them until they reached the market area, and sometimes they would not meet them at all.
They met them on the second day of their departure this year. It was indeed beyond their expectations. The leader of the White Bear Tribe, Xiong Liao, reacted quickly and greeted Lang Qi and Shi Su first, then Shi Lin, Lu Hui, and even Bao Duo, but he missed Bai An.
It’s not that Xiong Liao looks down on the weak rabbit tribe. They even have some good feelings towards this tribe that has the same color as them. It was just that the bear tribe was busy replenishing food before winter and didn’t pay attention to the situation outside. When they woke up, they found that the rabbit tribe and the wolf tribe had merged into one.
The bear tribe had little contact with the two tribes. Finally, based on their own experience, they guessed that the rabbit tribe must have lacked food and could not hold on, so they joined the wolf tribe.
This situation is not uncommon. Among other things, the White Bear Tribe has some orcs who have joined from other tribes, but their number is small. Before winter, the White Bear Tribe will catch more prey for them and ask them to help watch the house.
The bear tribe is hibernating, and the few orcs of other races in the tribe are at most wandering around in the territory and dare not go anywhere else. After all, if they are beaten, they will have no one to support them, so they know very little information about the outside world.
He had to imagine the situation outside by himself. After Xiong Liu greeted several leaders, he also praised Lang Qixin.
“Chief Langqi is really good to the Rabbit Tribe.” The orcs who have little food in their own tribe and have to seek refuge in other tribes have a status in the tribe only slightly higher than some orcs captured in wars, but they also do hard and tiring work and often do not have enough to eat.
Xiong Liu recognized a few orcs from the Rabbit Tribe. Seeing that they all had ruddy complexions and their exposed bodies were covered with muscular muscles, he felt a little envious. After these people joined the wolf tribe, they ate better than the people in their own tribe.
Bai An, who originally thought that Xiong Liu was deliberately ignoring him, nodded when he heard this. He thought that he was overthinking and that he probably missed it because there were too many people. He responded, “Chief Lang Qi is very good.” Of course, it would be even better if the orcs did not want to occupy their tribe.
Xiong Liu didn’t expect that the person talking to him was Bai An. You know, after the entire tribe joined another tribe, the biggest change was the original leader.
Some stingy leaders of large tribes would kill the original leaders of small tribes. Those who are not so bad in character will not be nice to the leaders of small tribes, because to be precise, these leaders of small tribes will hinder them from establishing their authority.
Some new leaders were apparently nice to the leaders of small tribes and even let them manage their original tribesmen. However, once the orcs put the orders of the original leader before those of the new leader, the new tribal leader will definitely find a way to target the original tribal leader.
This is also the reason why Xiong Liao did not greet Bai An even though he was right next to him. He didn’t know whether Lang Qi asked Bai An to be here to establish his authority or to show his tolerance, but he certainly couldn’t treat the other party with the attitude of a leader. What if Lang Qi was petty and targeted Bai An because of this incident in the future?
Xiong Liu couldn’t understand why Bai An was still eager to respond even though he was so considerate of the other party. And that’s not flattering enough, you should praise the new leader more!
Thinking of the leader of the small tribe who had joined the bear tribe before, Xiong Liao scratched his head anxiously. Why did he leave the other party in the tribe this time? He should have brought the other party here to let him teach Bai An. This attitude would definitely not be taken seriously in the new tribe!
Xiong Liao was scratching his head anxiously, and the others were a little puzzled. Why did he stop talking after saying a word? The bear tribe behind Xiong Liu and the orcs behind Lang Qi and others all stared at their leader nervously.
The conversation between the leaders of the two sides concerns their future interactions. Will they say hello and then separate, or go together?
Lang Qi looked at the number of people in the bear tribe, waved his hands behind his back, and told everyone that it was okay.
The White Bear Tribe is not small in size, with a total of more than 200 people. More than 80 of them came here this time. As long as Xiong Liao does not intend to destroy his own tribe here, he will not take action.
Xiong Liu hesitated for a long time before he came to his senses and found that everyone was looking at him. He scratched his head embarrassedly again: “I’m thinking about other things, you guys talk, by the way, what did we just say?”
Others: “…”
A young man who was thinner than the bear tribe walked up to Xiong Liu and reminded him: “You said that Chief Langqi is good to the rabbit tribe.”
“Yes, Chief Langqi is very good.” Xiong Liu nodded quickly, “The rabbits that joined the wolf tribe were not eaten.”
Bai Tu: “…” appeared. Orcs who were even more unreliable than the Flower Bear Tribe appeared. Although they were all bears, they were completely different species. How could they be so alike?
Shi Su reminded: “The Rabbit Tribe did not join the Wolf Tribe, these are two tribes.”
“Oh, they didn’t join, huh? They didn’t join???” Xiong Liao was confused.
The young man next to Xiong Liao was surprised and helpless: “Who told you that the rabbit tribe joined the wolf tribe?”
Xiong Liao was even more surprised than him: “Didn’t you say that the rabbit tribe and the wolf tribe were together?” They heard the news when they woke up.
The young man was even more helpless than before: “What we are saying is that people from the Wolf Tribe and the Rabbit Tribe are together!” This news was heard from other tribes. They rarely went out after the Bear Tribe hibernated, and the information they learned was limited, but they tried their best to tell the Bear Tribe what happened in that winter. It was just that the Bears obviously processed the information they passed on.
Even though there was some distance between them, Bai Tu still felt the young man’s helplessness, so he simply said, “The weather is quite hot, why don’t we find a cool place to chat?”
In the middle of the day, discussing the relationship between the wolf and rabbit tribes and exploring the incorrect transmission of information within the white bear tribe under the sun was really a waste of time. Anyway, the attitudes of both sides don’t seem like they’re likely to start a fight, so why not just find a cooler place and talk while eating? There’s no need to be hard on your body.
“Find a cool place, find a cool place.” Xiong Liu nodded, particularly agreeing with this suggestion. The orcs of the White Bear Tribe dislike summer more than any other tribe, but they cannot catch prey in the winter, so they can only come out in the summer. As for why they set out earlier than any other tribe, it is because they rest during the day near noon, and the time they can travel is limited in the day.
This time they had stopped to find a place to rest, but were caught up by the orcs behind them. When they heard someone mention the hot weather, Xiong Liu felt himself starting to sweat all over.
Looking at the speaking orc with envy, Xiong Liu whispered to the young man, “The clothes he’s wearing look cool.”
Upon hearing this, the young man shifted his gaze to Bai Tu and nodded in response, but his eyes were still on Bai Tu, especially the thing on his waist that he had never seen before.
Bai Tu was discussing with Lang Qi what the cubs should eat for lunch today. After discovering orcs from other tribes, Lang Qi changed back into human form. The beast form was suspected of provoking a fight when seeing orcs from a strange tribe.
Langqi needs to see the attitude of the other tribe, and if there is a fight, he has to be the first to go, so it is not appropriate to leave the cub with Langqi.
The weather was hot, so Bai Tu was only wearing a thin cotton short-sleeved shirt, instead of carrying the cub in his arms like he would in winter. Before he set out, he took into account the possibility that he would have to carry the cubs in human form on the road, so he sewed several bags with cotton cloth, some in strips and some in squares. The common point was that each bag had several partitions inside, and each cub had a separate pocket.
Normally, we would have started preparing lunch at this time, but the road we just walked on did not have a large area of shade, so we wanted to walk forward a little further and find a place where everyone could enjoy the cool, but we did not expect to run into the White Bear Tribe.
Apart from these few, there were no other cubs in the team, so the food for the five cubs was all prepared by Bai Tu and Lang Qi. Although there were few food options on the road, both of them tried their best to make the cubs eat more abundantly.
Bai Tu didn’t know that the cub had been discovered by the other party, but Lang Qi stared at the other party as if he had sensed something.
Seeing the warning in Lang Qi’s eyes, the young man looked away, only occasionally glancing at the white map as he followed the team to the shady area ahead.
“He seems to be looking at me all the time.” Bai Tu whispered to Lang Qi.
“Yes, I watched it thirteen times.” Lang Qi moved to block the other person’s sight.
Just after a while, the young man appeared in Bai Tu’s sight again.
In front, Bai An was explaining the relationship between the Rabbit Tribe and the Wolf Tribe to Xiong Liao. Lang Qi didn’t want to pay attention to the orcs of the White Bear Tribe. After making sure that the other party had no intention of fighting, he stuck with Bai Tu. To him, the cubs’ lunch was much more important than Xiong Liao.
The young man kept following Xiong Liu. Bai Tu and the opponent were both behind the first echelon. Even if there were wolves blocking the way, the opponent could still see Bai Tu if he was a little slower or faster.
Neither side had any intention of fighting. If the tribes with strong combat effectiveness started fighting, no matter how many people there were, both sides would suffer losses. Especially now that it is summer, wounds can easily become infected. If a conflict occurs between tribes, the situation will be much more serious than the previous attack on the Mad Lion Tribe.
It wouldn’t hurt if the other party looked at him one more time. Bai Tu grabbed Lang Qi’s clothes and reminded him in a low voice: “It’s okay, let him look.” He always felt that the young man had no ill intentions. He seemed a little curious and seemed to have something to say, but was just hesitating.
If it was an acquaintance from his tribe, and he saw the other party was so conflicted, Bai Tu would definitely let the other party speak out without saying a word. But now the two of them are from different tribes, and even if the first few people had a good chat, Bai Tu was not so familiar with them as to directly ask others what they want to do.
“I don’t want him to see it.” Lang Qi frowned and moved again to protect the white map.
“Okay, then don’t look at it.” Bai Tu never bothered with Lang Qi about such trivial matters. If he didn’t want to look at it, then he didn’t want to look at it.
Not far from the two of them, Lang Ya silently covered his ears. No wonder so many people say that Lang Qi is too much. He doesn’t even let others look at him. It is indeed too much.
Lang Ya looked at Bai Tu’s back. She had only met Bai Tu a few times, but she liked this orc who was her brother’s partner very much.
Apart from Bai Tu, I’m afraid there is no other orc who can tolerate Lang Qi’s excessive demands!
Langya felt a little regretful. Why did she agree to let him come along and let Langze guard the tribe? But it was too late to regret now. Lang Ya looked at the bear tribe on the other side and remained alert at all times.
Lang Qi didn’t like it, and Bai Tu didn’t pay attention to whether the young man was looking at him or not, until a large group of orcs found a suitable place to stop and started to set up a pot to cook, and the young man came over.
Lang Qi had gone to get the ingredients and tools and was not here. Bai Tu looked around and found that Lang Ya was not far away from him, so he simply did not hide and waited for the young man to speak.
“Hello, my name is Yingmian. Can I exchange salt for one of these things?”
Bai Tu lowered his head and the young man pointed to the bag on his waist.
“The bag is fine, but the things in the bag are not.” His precious cub was in the bag.
Hearing his agreement, Ying Mian’s eyes lit up instantly: “I only want the outer bag!”
Bai Tu was more worried about the cub’s destructive ability, so he made several cloth bags and asked the other party to wait. He went to Lang Ya and took out a pair and showed them to the other party: “Which one do you want?”
Ying Mian didn’t expect that there were square ones, and pointed to the square one: “This one, wait a moment, I’ll go get the salt.” He didn’t expect it to be so easy, and he was ready to come back at night if it didn’t work now.
Bai Tu handed it to the other party directly: “I give it to you, no need for salt.” It’s just a bag made of cotton cloth. It looks very precious now. I can sew a bunch of them in the fall.
Yingmian was very grateful: “Thank you!”
After taking it, Yingmian carefully spread the bag on the ground, then took the eggs out of his arms.
One, two, three…
Bai Tu: “Damn it?”
Ying Mian hissed, reminding Bai Tu to keep his voice down, then nodded: “Okay, but I’m leaving soon.”
Bai Tu: “???” Run away with the eggs?
Yes, a new cover!